Friday I "attended" some sessions of the Second Life Best Practices in Education International Conference:
- Beth Ritter-Guth (Desideria Stockston-SL) on "Monsters to Monarchs: Teaching Literature Using SL"
- Catherine Dutton & Lillian Chenoweth (Catherine Soderstrom & Prof Kuhn - SL) on "Asynchronous Student Orientation to Second Life"
- Cynthia Calongne (Lyr Lobo-SL) on "Colorado Technical University in Second Life: The Amusement and the Maze Game Class Projects"
All of the sessions were in Second Life.
I also wanted to "go to" one of the keynote presentations (by Sarah Robbins (RL)/Intellagirl Tully (SL)), but I couldn't see or hear anything in the overflow areas I tried.
I can see some potential for using Second Life in my classes, but I want to work into it slowly. I've found several "in-world" groups that should prove helpful.
My SL name is Floria Beaumont. I'm still trying to decide whether or not to pay for a premium membership. It might be nice to own some land and build my own place. I probably won't have time for that until later this summer unless one of my classes is cancelled.
